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Historical Event on 1/21/1943
Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
2/24/1986 | Rukmini Devi passed away. |
9/3/1953 | Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away. |
2/21/1899 | Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born. |
9/14/1923 | Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born. |
7/26/1956 | Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died. |
11/9/1710 | Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized. |
6/12/1990 | CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions. |
8/4/1933 | Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order. |
10/13/1989 | Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha. |
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